tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-17146289412529287642014-10-05T07:33:55.755+01:00The ramblings of a fashion fantasistLoves fashion for what it is and believes it is there to have fun with. Stick around, I occasionally write something worth a read :)Beehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09362672192091041802noreply@blogger.comBlogger33125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1714628941252928764.post-2870927925196726732010-07-29T15:45:00.009+01:002010-07-29T16:21:31.560+01:00"I wanna be a billionaire....SO FREAKIN' BAD!"<br /><br />Oh my gosh I am so poor it's untrue.<br /><br />Now as a student, one is always joking about being poor 24/7, but obviously, joking about it normally means you are actually not that poor, but have dollar for things like cereal, bread, beer, and y'know, the necessities. <br /><br />But no, really, I am poor. and by poor I mean SKINT. I have £10 in my bank which my poor mother has had to put in to save me from FURTHER bank charges for going over my overdraft! (I kidd you not, the bank CLEARLY do not sympathise with my situation!) PLUS I can't even get to the bank because I can't afford bus fare! seeeeriously how poor can one person be?<br /><br />Thank God I'm getting paid tomorrow or else I would be in biiiig trouble. Rent comes out on saturday and If I don't have le funds for that I am in serious shizzle.<br /><br />Thank goodness for parents, they really do save your life.<br /><br />So I know this is not an excuse for failure to blog, but it does mean that my social life at the moment is fairly non-existant! (unless you count making friends at spinning class or meeting older friends for £1.19 McFlurries at the local McD's?) <br /><br />The gym has saved me from staying in the house all day, every day, as I have already paid for my membership so technically it's free! and plus, I guess I must be getting fitter so there might even be a plus side to my poorness??<br /><br />My friend Soph came over yesterday and I took her on a (budget) tour of my hometown (Oxford for those of you who haven't read my profile ;])<br /><br />It was really lovely and we walked for miles, visiting some of the colleges and having HUUUUUGE lunches in quaint little pubs. Was really fun!<br /><br />Here are some pictures from the day (I warn you, we are total losers)<br /><br /><a href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_NJaI_XXJHzk/TFGaiBsWLhI/AAAAAAAAAKc/4FL9tug8TBs/s1600/IMG00080-20100728-1750.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 240px;" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_NJaI_XXJHzk/TFGaiBsWLhI/AAAAAAAAAKc/4FL9tug8TBs/s320/IMG00080-20100728-1750.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5499346529356754450" /></a><br /><a href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_NJaI_XXJHzk/TFGahxF66xI/AAAAAAAAAKU/EhM_ejEDlOc/s1600/IMG00077-20100728-1547.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 240px; height: 320px;" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_NJaI_XXJHzk/TFGahxF66xI/AAAAAAAAAKU/EhM_ejEDlOc/s320/IMG00077-20100728-1547.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5499346524900616978" /></a><br /><a href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_NJaI_XXJHzk/TFGahRpwiFI/AAAAAAAAAKM/J5e1a_0k4tU/s1600/IMG00075-20100728-1351.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 240px;" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_NJaI_XXJHzk/TFGahRpwiFI/AAAAAAAAAKM/J5e1a_0k4tU/s320/IMG00075-20100728-1351.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5499346516460996690" /></a><br /><a href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_NJaI_XXJHzk/TFGahAusBYI/AAAAAAAAAKE/--ma3BfcEIo/s1600/IMG00074-20100728-1256.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 240px; height: 320px;" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_NJaI_XXJHzk/TFGahAusBYI/AAAAAAAAAKE/--ma3BfcEIo/s320/IMG00074-20100728-1256.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5499346511918269826" /></a><br /><a href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_NJaI_XXJHzk/TFGagzMPfMI/AAAAAAAAAJ8/N3z_O7ODcq8/s1600/IMG00072-20100728-1152.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 240px; height: 320px;" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_NJaI_XXJHzk/TFGagzMPfMI/AAAAAAAAAJ8/N3z_O7ODcq8/s320/IMG00072-20100728-1152.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5499346508284132546" /></a><br /><a href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_NJaI_XXJHzk/TFGZ909ExJI/AAAAAAAAAJ0/KmH4v7FZNxI/s1600/IMG00071-20100728-1129.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 240px;" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_NJaI_XXJHzk/TFGZ909ExJI/AAAAAAAAAJ0/KmH4v7FZNxI/s320/IMG00071-20100728-1129.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5499345907461964946" /></a><br /><br />Also, I ventured into London the other week with my friend Tiff, where we wandered around Covent Garden, ate paella and ran through Ruislip in the pouring rain, getting splashed by cars. It was awesome. <br /><br /><a href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_NJaI_XXJHzk/TFGbYmPaVoI/AAAAAAAAALE/nSjsKEQiogM/s1600/IMG00034-20100722-1340.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 240px;" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_NJaI_XXJHzk/TFGbYmPaVoI/AAAAAAAAALE/nSjsKEQiogM/s320/IMG00034-20100722-1340.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5499347466880439938" /></a><br /><a href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_NJaI_XXJHzk/TFGbYUvBejI/AAAAAAAAAK8/YtbC88PfABk/s1600/IMG00029-20100722-1334.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 240px;" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_NJaI_XXJHzk/TFGbYUvBejI/AAAAAAAAAK8/YtbC88PfABk/s320/IMG00029-20100722-1334.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5499347462181190194" /></a><br /><a href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_NJaI_XXJHzk/TFGbX7gafhI/AAAAAAAAAK0/24B4KQpScP4/s1600/IMG00026-20100722-1242.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 240px;" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_NJaI_XXJHzk/TFGbX7gafhI/AAAAAAAAAK0/24B4KQpScP4/s320/IMG00026-20100722-1242.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5499347455409028626" /></a><br /><a href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_NJaI_XXJHzk/TFGbXlJFesI/AAAAAAAAAKs/64zAq5BdIR4/s1600/IMG00024-20100722-1242.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 240px;" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_NJaI_XXJHzk/TFGbXlJFesI/AAAAAAAAAKs/64zAq5BdIR4/s320/IMG00024-20100722-1242.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5499347449405602498" /></a><br /><a href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_NJaI_XXJHzk/TFGbXV6EvdI/AAAAAAAAAKk/LWZh95Sd4Wg/s1600/IMG00023-20100722-1157.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 240px;" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_NJaI_XXJHzk/TFGbXV6EvdI/AAAAAAAAAKk/LWZh95Sd4Wg/s320/IMG00023-20100722-1157.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5499347445316107730" /></a><br /><a href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_NJaI_XXJHzk/TFGb39c3QtI/AAAAAAAAALk/PLbX-z79Rvg/s1600/IMG00050-20100722-1537.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 240px;" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_NJaI_XXJHzk/TFGb39c3QtI/AAAAAAAAALk/PLbX-z79Rvg/s320/IMG00050-20100722-1537.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5499348005686821586" /></a><br /><a href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_NJaI_XXJHzk/TFGb3rFCEJI/AAAAAAAAALc/6Y-yYnwRlGs/s1600/IMG00057-20100722-1621.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 240px;" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_NJaI_XXJHzk/TFGb3rFCEJI/AAAAAAAAALc/6Y-yYnwRlGs/s320/IMG00057-20100722-1621.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5499348000755028114" /></a><br /><a href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_NJaI_XXJHzk/TFGb3TAqLdI/AAAAAAAAALU/GD_OrkdDVvo/s1600/IMG00049-20100722-1523.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 240px;" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_NJaI_XXJHzk/TFGb3TAqLdI/AAAAAAAAALU/GD_OrkdDVvo/s320/IMG00049-20100722-1523.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5499347994294234578" /></a><br /><a href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_NJaI_XXJHzk/TFGb3EOlblI/AAAAAAAAALM/0-q7Z1LMARg/s1600/IMG00041-20100722-1421.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 239px;" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_NJaI_XXJHzk/TFGb3EOlblI/AAAAAAAAALM/0-q7Z1LMARg/s320/IMG00041-20100722-1421.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5499347990326111826" /></a><br /><br />Our dinner on the bus:<br /><a href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_NJaI_XXJHzk/TFGcFGJAnsI/AAAAAAAAALs/yQUnscSe_rY/s1600/IMG00058-20100722-1907.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 240px;" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_NJaI_XXJHzk/TFGcFGJAnsI/AAAAAAAAALs/yQUnscSe_rY/s320/IMG00058-20100722-1907.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5499348231357767362" /></a><br /><br />mmmm healthy.Beehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09362672192091041802noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1714628941252928764.post-9678176443502308532010-07-16T22:53:00.003+01:002010-07-16T23:00:13.484+01:00Time for tea?<a href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_NJaI_XXJHzk/TEDVyD0BMaI/AAAAAAAAAJs/PKMyO_-nlt8/s1600/Ladygaga.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 240px;" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_NJaI_XXJHzk/TEDVyD0BMaI/AAAAAAAAAJs/PKMyO_-nlt8/s320/Ladygaga.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5494626601385669026" /></a><br /><br />My life at the moment = work > gym > food > sleep<br /><br />and not much inbetween.<br /><br />As I have nothing interesting to blog about I will leave you with this picture of Lady Gaga from her <a href="http://twitpic.com/24u031">Twitter </a>account. I love her. (this is currently my My blackberry background pic)Beehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09362672192091041802noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1714628941252928764.post-57824924026592810432010-07-08T14:44:00.002+01:002010-07-08T14:47:40.080+01:00Supersize Me!Quote from this week's <a href="http://www.guardian.co.uk/lifeandstyle/series/fashiondiary">Fashion Statement</a>.<br /><br /><blockquote>QUOTE OF THE WEEK<br />"She's an amazing model. She can make herself look bigger or smaller depending on what the client wants"<br /><br /><strong>Crystal Renn's agent responds to speculation that she has been deliberately slimming down. And claims some pretty amazing skills on her behalf. </strong><br /></blockquote><br /><br />Amazing model or the incredible hulk? HOW IS THIS POSSIBLE?<br /><br />If she's lost weight, why don't her agency just admit that and we can all get on with our lives knowing that she's human and does give in to media pressure after all?Beehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09362672192091041802noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1714628941252928764.post-47740135061492501152010-07-07T18:53:00.003+01:002010-07-07T19:08:15.001+01:00Blockage, of the creative kind<a href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_NJaI_XXJHzk/TDTBM_r76cI/AAAAAAAAAJk/mN0GQHtsBHM/s1600/3884464511_a77144821e.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 256px;" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_NJaI_XXJHzk/TDTBM_r76cI/AAAAAAAAAJk/mN0GQHtsBHM/s320/3884464511_a77144821e.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5491226274669783490" /></a><br />Image from <a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/mukumbura/3884464511/">here.</a><br /><br /><br />Argh, don't you hate when you're having one of those days where you seem to be in a dreamland, drifting in and out of reality but not really absorbing or taking anything in?! Well I'm having one of those days today, and it's driving me crazy!<br /><br />I have so many things to think about at the moment, that for some reason my brain has decided to shut down and instead, allow only one thought at a time, which means I am unable to have any kind of coherent conversation with anybody or anything.<br /><br />I had problems with my bank this morning as well which made me super frustrated and depleated and as a result I have really achieved nothing today. And have eaten only one food group. the bad kind. (carbs and lots of them) eshhh. <br /><br />I have a spinning class tonight which should hopefully release some endorphines and make me feel more awake. either that or it will kill me and I will be limping for the next few days. not sure what the outcome will be actually. hmm. <br /><br />More updates tomorrow when I am feeling human again.<br /><br />Ohh p.s rented out Paris, Je t'aime from the library! can't wait to get lost in that later.<br /><br />Au Revoir xoxoBeehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09362672192091041802noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1714628941252928764.post-6079605937685361792010-07-04T17:42:00.002+01:002010-07-04T17:47:31.512+01:00Happy Independence Day to everyone in the US ! :) xoxo<br /><br /><br /><a href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_NJaI_XXJHzk/TDC639huhoI/AAAAAAAAAJc/COZNKHjaB4w/s1600/washingtonpost.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 228px; height: 320px;" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_NJaI_XXJHzk/TDC639huhoI/AAAAAAAAAJc/COZNKHjaB4w/s320/washingtonpost.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5490093416336230018" /></a><br /><br /><br />Picture from the <a href="http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/gallery/2009/07/01/GA2009070101892.html?hpid=todays-paper">Washington Post</a>Beehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09362672192091041802noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1714628941252928764.post-82067922791116886442010-07-04T14:56:00.005+01:002010-07-04T15:18:06.244+01:00and the Size Zero debate rages on...So there I was reading my bible of the month, Fashion Statement (the Guardian's fashion news weekly e-newsletter) and I came across another wonderful 'Quote of the Week', this time, from Julien Macdonald, designer and Britain's Next Top Model celebrity judge. <br /><br />....<br /><br /><blockquote><strong>QUOTE OF THE WEEK</strong><br /><br />Or perhaps Anti-Quote of the Week, from new Britain's Top Model judge Julien Macdonald:<br /><br />You can't have a plus-size girl winning - it makes it a joke. It's not fair on them - you're setting them up for a fall. They are looked down on, they're frowned upon. A catwalk model is a size six to eight. If you're a size 14 in a room full of size eights, you're in the wrong room.<br /><br />How about you make it the RIGHT room then? Gosh, we wonder who could possibly have the power to change this. Oh, we know, maybe a FASHION DESIGNER?</blockquote><br /><br />A pretty poignant quote, if ever there was one. Sad thing is, I find it hard to disagree with him. Being a size 12-14 myself, I live for the day when 'curvier' (whatever that means) women take centre stage on the catwalk, and for the industry to accept 'normal sized' women into their exclusive bubble of glamorousness. HOWEVER I have to agree that this is not the reality at the moment, and if a plus-size model was to win BNTM, I can't see her getting the same work that a size 6 winner would be given, nor can I imagine the fashion/media industry taking said winner seriously.<br /><br />I do agree with FS when they say that fashion designers are the ones to change this stereotype, so for Julien to say the above comment seems a bit judgemental and not exactly open-minded. <br /><br />Look at Crystal Renn, the 'plus-size' (yep, still in inverted commas) model who is taking the fashion industry by storm, even the skinny people love her.(!)<br /><br />Renn made her debut modelling at Mark Fast's A/W 2010 show, and since then has appeared on countless tv shows in America and the UK, and has been featured in gazillions of women's magazines, mostly as a poster-girl for the anti-size zero campaign, which rages on.<br /><br />However, recently it has been suggested that Renn has had a dramatic weigh-loss, seen <a href="http://entertainment.blogs.foxnews.com/2010/07/02/plus-size-model-crystal-renns-apparent-weight-loss-raises-eyebrows/">here </a> on Fox News' entertainment site. <br /><br />So does this mean that Julien Macdonald may be talking some sense after all? If beautiful models like Renn are already feeling the pressure to slim down and become more like their waif counterparts, does this make the whole plus-size model a sham? <br /><br />Like Sophie Dahl before her, it seems a shame that Renn has felt the need to lose weight, given her catwalk success,and having entered into a domain no 'real-size' women has ventured into for some time. <br /><br /><a href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_NJaI_XXJHzk/TDCXQTuXhCI/AAAAAAAAAJU/LepOkVFfpes/s1600/nicholas+routzen.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 274px;" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_NJaI_XXJHzk/TDCXQTuXhCI/AAAAAAAAAJU/LepOkVFfpes/s320/nicholas+routzen.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5490054252193088546" /></a><br />Photo by Nicholas Routzen seen <a href="http://entertainment.blogs.foxnews.com/2010/07/02/plus-size-model-crystal-renns-apparent-weight-loss-raises-eyebrows/">here</a>.Beehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09362672192091041802noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1714628941252928764.post-42748426417571927102010-07-03T18:34:00.009+01:002010-07-03T19:31:44.699+01:00"I'm very athletic...people don't believe me...maybe 'cos I weigh 240 pounds"HELLO!<br /><br />Wow, officially the busiest 2 days ever!<br /><br />So friday came along and I tottered off to Laaandan town for my meeting with the lovely Sarah and Mark from Idol! (check out the website <a href="http://idol-london.com/collections.php">here</a>, or go <a href="http://www.newlook.com/browse/subCategory.jsp?_DARGS=/global/shared/menu.jsp_AF&_D%3Abfh_ss=+&trail=1002%3Acat420016&_D%3Atrail=+&icCategory=cat420016&bfh_ss=submit">here</a> to buy some of their lovely clothes sold exclusively in New Look)<br /><br />After a huuuuuge coffee from Starbucks I found their office in East London and had a wonderful meeting with the team, who asked me to do some writing for them, which is awesome! so I was a very happy bunny after that :D<br /><br />You might have seen Idol in New Look stores (300 across the country!) and if you haven't, pop down to New Look NOW and check them out, because their clothes are awesome. My personal fave (which I am wearing right now...might be a bit sweaty after countless tube journeys around London...) is this wife-beater style tank top, with a skull motif and distressed detail on the back, and silver bits on the front, which I love.<br /><a href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_NJaI_XXJHzk/TC-AvGfpg-I/AAAAAAAAAJM/ZXcGEr_qWAM/s1600/idolvest.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 267px; height: 320px;" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_NJaI_XXJHzk/TC-AvGfpg-I/AAAAAAAAAJM/ZXcGEr_qWAM/s320/idolvest.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5489748017473487842" /></a><br /><br />so yeah, check it out!!<br /><br />So anyway, after the interview I went to this Monsoon sample sale down Tottenham Court Road, which was crazily hot but worth it! I came away with a high-waisted skirt (kids 12-13 size...don't tell anyone!) a red rope waist belt and a pair of black platforms (for a tenner!) all for £22. The best part is that all proceeds from the sale (which ended yesterday...sorry guys!) go to the <a href="http://monsoontrust.users55.donhosts.co.uk/">Monsoon and Accessorize Trust</a>, which aims to help women and children in disadvantaged parts of Asia, by working with local communities and seamstresses to make clothing for the company. It's an amazing charity and knowing that my £22 was going towards helping people who need it most made me feel much less guilty about delving further into my overdraft! <br /><br />I also took a brief trip to Topshop Oxford Circus (to use the toilet if i'm perfectly honest) but ended up buying some gorgeous sandals which I put on to relieve my high-heel bitten feet, only to find that I couldn't walk in them as they kept falling off my feet! Cue some embarassing limping down Oxford Street until I could find a suitable place to put my heels back on! <br /><br />So a fail on all accounts!<br /><br />All this limping and sample-sale shopping had made me ravenous so I took the tube to High Street Kensington to go to what I like to call my personal Mecc, AKA <a href="http://www.wholefoodsmarket.com/">Whole Foods</a>. AM-AZ-ING food, some incredibly healthy, some not so much! (their gluten-free vanilla cupcakes are to die for!)<br /><br />If you haven't been to Whole Foods by now, GO GO GO! It's worth a trip to London if you don't live there and Kensington is a nice place to have a wander round anyway, so it's a win-win situation :D<br /><br />I bought this lush salad box...there are rows and rows of salad-box fillers, from every type of rice you can imagine to noodles, and ahhh gosh, EVERYTHING! It's amazing, I know I sound really sad, but trust me on this! <br /><br />And last night I watched Star Trek (2009) which was brilliant, really funny (mostly thanks to Simon Pegg) and totally gripping. I would recommend it to everyone. Plus, Chris Pine, who plays Captain Kirk Jr, is hot hot hot. Even is you hate sci-fi, watch it just to admire his beautiful face. <br /><br />Right now i'm listening to Radio 1 DJ Nick Grimshaw's(another one of my fave people) interview with Beth Ditto of The Gossip from Thursday's show. She is hilarious! Listen <a href="http://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/b00svrzn#p008nh78">here </a> for the full interview, it's so funny, worth a listen for sure! <br /><br />In case you were thinking, this is where my blog title has come from. genius!<br /><br />I'm super excited to start my West Wing marathon tonight...have rented out the boxset (form the library....go me) and plan to absorb myself in it for the rest of the summer. God bless the library for providing me with mindless entertainment I can't afford to buy!<br /><br />OH and I got the Monsoon job! YAY :D xBeehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09362672192091041802noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1714628941252928764.post-23270822834293011792010-07-01T23:34:00.001+01:002010-07-01T23:37:36.855+01:00<object width="480" height="385"><param name="movie" value="http://www.youtube.com/v/zZpSjH4Mrik&amp;hl=en_GB&amp;fs=1"></param><param name="allowFullScreen" value="true"></param><param name="allowscriptaccess" value="always"></param><embed src="http://www.youtube.com/v/zZpSjH4Mrik&amp;hl=en_GB&amp;fs=1" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" allowscriptaccess="always" allowfullscreen="true" width="480" height="385"></embed></object><br /><br />Love this :)<br /><br /> I have a new respect for karaoke now!Beehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09362672192091041802noreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1714628941252928764.post-76602245157171891412010-07-01T21:04:00.002+01:002010-07-01T21:14:57.572+01:00Who ate all the pies?So i'm sitting here, somewhere in rural England, eating ice-cream, watching Brideshead Revisited and listening to the pub next-door play countless Aunt Sally matches.<br /><br />Could I be anymore of a cliche Brit?<br /><br />ahaha.<br /><br />So anyway, I was perusing through the <a href="http://www.dailymail.co.uk">Daily Mail</a> online when I came across <a href="http://www.dailymail.co.uk/tvshowbiz/article-1291257/Call-Whitney-Port-ly-The-City-star-supersizes-new-phone-app.html">this</a> story about Whitney Port super-sizing herself via the iPhone FatBooth app. <br /><br />Whitney posted the pic on her <a href="http://whitneyport.celebuzz.com/">blog </a> (which is actually pretty damn good and worth a read...)and she seemed to find the not-so-flattering photo of herself highly amusing, much to my liking.<br /><br />I love love love it when so called 'untouchable' celebs can poke fun at themselves, and this makes me love the Whitster even more.<br /><br />Can you imagine Olivia Palermo doing such a thing? hmmm...Beehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09362672192091041802noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1714628941252928764.post-6534910214250805602010-07-01T15:43:00.005+01:002010-07-01T20:04:17.820+01:00that's like, sooo last season (!!!!!!)I am officially a convert to the <a href="http://www.guardian.co.uk">Guardian's</a> <a href="http://www.guardian.co.uk/lifeandstyle/series/fashiondiary">Fashion Statement</a> bulletin/blog! Having recieved their weekly email through my inbox for several months now, I regret to admit that I have never had the time to sit down and actually read it, and boy, I've been missing out!<br /><br />Unlike some newspaper websites which seem to offer fashion goss as a sideline to what many call 'real news' (pah!) the <a href="http://www.guardian.co.uk">Guardian</a> offer a witty, light-hearted take on this week's fashion news, seasonal trends and general goings on in the world of fashion/showbiz. <br /><br />Check it out <a href="http://www.guardian.co.uk/lifeandstyle/series/fashiondiary">here</a> or simply sign up to get it sent to your email for your weekly fashion fix. Personally, I prefer the email-version as it's denser and more accessible but whatever, it rocks!<br /><br />Check out this week's comment on <a href="http://www.materialgirlcollection.com/blog/">Lourdes' blog</a> post,(AKA offspring of the Mad-ster) featured on the 'Quote of the Week' section:<br /><br /><blockquote>QUOTE OF THE WEEK<br /><br />OK but no joke gladiator sandals are OUT. They came out in summer 2008 and I was like, ok those are really cute. Then 2009 comes around and people are still wearing them so I'm like, ok whatever it's just a phase. BUT NOOOOO. Because good old 2010 is now coming along and people are STILL wearing them, and then I was just like OK NO! It's been three years people COME ON!!!!!!!!! I'm just like what????<br /><br /><strong>Lola, aka Lourdes, aka Madonna's daughter, shares the full benefit of her 13 years of wisdom on fashion in her new blog. Has anyone mislaid a vast stockpile of punctuation marks, by the way? </strong><br /></blockquote><br /><br />Genius, no?Beehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09362672192091041802noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1714628941252928764.post-13610795737855365412010-06-30T21:51:00.003+01:002010-06-30T22:50:11.854+01:00Independent Women: Scary or Sexy?So I've been debating with myself about feminism. Many look to the suffragette movement as the origin of the word, the pinicle of what it meant to be a 'feminist'.<br /><br />But things have changed since nearly a century ago, when women had to scream in order to be heard, or chain themselves to passing carriages in order to be noticed.<br /><br />I mean, women have the vote (In the majority of the world, at least) we own companies,we earn as much as our male counterparts, we single-handedly raise children without being judged for it, and we can live independently, with or without a man. <br /><br />But does being an independent, powerful woman make us all a bunch of feminists? The term, which has long been brandished as a 'dirty' man-hating word, a word normally used, by men, to describe women that a) they feel threatened by, or b) have just turned them down?<br /><br />It seems to me that, just as in the late 19th Century, when men repressed women who tried to beat them at their own game, steal their 'power' or make them feel, god forbid, vulnerable, this fear of the independent woman still lingers, and shows such as Sex and the City are just confirming the fears of those men who still believe women belong in the kitchen.(Even if Ne-Yo did write that song)<br /><br /><br />I was browsing the Daily Mail site today (slow news day...i'll admit) and found <a href="http://www.dailymail.co.uk/tvshowbiz/article-1290602/Sex-And-The-City-comes-end--Carrie-hang-Manolos.html">this</a> article about the end of Sex and The City. (sob!)<br /><br />Anyway, scrolling through the comment box at the end of the article, I found a certain comment by a gentleman (I use the term loosely) called Allan, from the UK. <br /><br />And I quote:<br /><br /><blockquote><strong>Good riddance to these four menopausal, scrag-end pieces of rough</strong>. None of these females are any good to look at, other women only like them because they are NOT attractive! SJP has to be ugliest woman I have ever seen outside of Leeds... <br />Men look for the escape route when they see over-dressed, over-confident and over-cooked joints of mutton like these who haunt the clubs every Saturday night trying desperately to be Mrs Robinson-types with the younger guys...they are pathetic, <strong>only good for one thing and even then a man has to be well tanked to take advantage of the freebie.</strong>- <br /><br />allan, UK, 30/6/2010 14:24<br /></blockquote><br /><br />which basically erases a century of women fighting for their right to be treated as equals. Standing ovation to the man.<br /><br />Needless to say, I was feeling quite opinionated after reading that comment (I could feel my cheeks getting rather hot, to say the least) and simply HAD to comment back. Cue the the following:<br /><br /><blockquote>Allan - Wow, you really have something against powerful, independent women don't you? <strong>It's amazing we even have the vote while people still harbour old-fashioned, backward attitudes like yours!</strong> <br /><br />"None of these females are any good to look at, other women only like them because they are NOT attractive!" <br /><br />I think you're missing the point of Sex and the City here. <br /><br />Unlike, say, The Hills, <strong>Carrie, Miranda, Charlotte and Samantha weren't soley designed to fulfill some twisted image of female beauty so many men seem to have in their heads, nor were they created as sex-objects for single men alone in their bedrooms on a friday night. </strong><br />If you were looking for those kinds of women, I suggest you search under the 'Adult Entertainment' section of your Sky box. <br /><br />The great thing about Sex and the City was that it silenced the taboo that women who have a sucessful career, no children and a healthy sex life are somehow scary, man-hating feminists. <br /><br />Here's to that!<br /><br /></blockquote><br /><br />Ahem, possibly not my most cherished piece of writing, but, nonetheless, it had to be said, and boy did I feel better after that!<br /><br />More to the point, It amazes me that one man can take a harmless, light-hearted sitcom like Sex and The City and be so <strong>intimidated</strong> by it that they feel the need to write that! <br /><br />This individual clearly took one look at the cover of the DVD, thought "no fake boobs, not enough flesh on show, oh no, they have brains...nah, i'll give it a miss" and this is what he came up with. Fascinating. <br /><br />These four women were never marketed as sex-objects, nor did the producers cater for the straight man! If it was aimed at this demographic, there would certainly be less talk about shoes, and i'm pretty certain SJP wouldn't have survived the whole series without a full-frontal! <br /><br />SATC is for women who want more from their lives, and know how to get what they want, whether it involves a man or a credit card (!)<br /><br />If being called "ugly, only good for one thing, and pathetic" means I have brains, a job (outside of the adult entertainment industry) and don't belong on the cover of "horny housewives XXX" then i'm all for it! <br /><br />And if Sex and The City is the modern-day equivilent of what Emmeline Pankhurst and co. got up to when they were together (only with less talk of blow-jobs, I would imagine) then I suggest we bring out the red sashes and take to the streets!Beehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09362672192091041802noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1714628941252928764.post-972936169123860222010-06-29T23:13:00.004+01:002010-06-29T23:18:40.724+01:00it is my strong belief that we would enjoy life a lot more if we took a leaf out of Samantha Jones' book. <br /><br />What.an.amazing.woman<br /><br /><a href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_NJaI_XXJHzk/TCpxJDKd6sI/AAAAAAAAAIc/HrJZFUgLpIk/s1600/samantha-jones.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 256px;" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_NJaI_XXJHzk/TCpxJDKd6sI/AAAAAAAAAIc/HrJZFUgLpIk/s320/samantha-jones.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5488323496186342082" /></a><br /><br />Jones, I salute you.Beehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09362672192091041802noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1714628941252928764.post-2538894964567133742010-06-29T16:16:00.002+01:002010-06-29T16:26:24.421+01:00Warning: Rant AheadIt has been one of those days today! I will keep this rant as short as possible but I must emphasis how much of a total FAIL my day has been, on all accounts!<br /><br />Woke up this morning ridiculously excited for my spinning class at the gym. Having not been before due to lack of spaces I booked this class far in advance and was pretty psyched about 45 mins of muscle burn!<br /><br />I got to the gym only to find out I wasn't booked in after all and they had no record of me being alocated a space! I was pretty peed off as I had rang up and been told I had a space in the must sought after class, so to go all the way there, having not showered or bothered with hair/make up, I was annoyed. <br /><br />Plus, I was going to make the trip into a gym sesh so all was not wasted but then discovered that I hadn't brought my iPod, and I hate hate hate running without it, I need the rhythm! <br /><br />So, yeah. Not happy! Have traipsed about all day with gym kit on, no make-up and trainers for no reason...however an ice-cream from Waitrose cheered me up immensely, I have to say.<br /><br />As for tonight, I have lots of research to do for my meeting with New Look on friday for an internship opportunity so I will be musing through that and hopefully will be going to see Sex and the City 2, at last!! <br /><br />It's taken me so long to get round to it but I am looking forward to making my own judgement of the film, being a die-hard fan of the series and having heard many good and bad reviews, I am excited to see it for myself. (with the mother in tow!) <br /><br />A run was on the cards for tonight but it's still blisteringly hot outside so i'm not so sure how much of a good idea that was afterall!<br /><br />As for spinning....another time! xxxxBeehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09362672192091041802noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1714628941252928764.post-50347033416544136092010-06-26T19:47:00.003+01:002010-06-26T19:57:07.774+01:00Au Revoir Miss Bradshaw!So I watched the final episode of Sex and the City today...for the first time!<br /><br />I know, youre all wondering why it's taken me this long to get to the last season, but before I came to uni I was truely a SATC virgin, so made it my mission this year to get through the whole boxset. and finish it I did. <br /><br />Not without a few tears though! I welled up at least 4 times in the last episode! And the worst thing is, I can't even blame it on my hormones this time. It seems I am more of a cry baby than I thought! Can't cry at Marley and Me but Sex and the City? bawling like a baby.<br /><br />I did let out a cheer for women everywhere when Carrie had THAT argument with Big on the pavement outside her apartment, on her last night in New York. Lets face it girls and boys, it had to be said. (Even if they do get back together 20 minutes later...I stand by my word!)<br /><br />For Carrie and Co, it was the end of an era. For me, it was the end of knowing what to do on a Saturday night, when my own life failed to rise to the occasion.<br /><br />It has occured to me now that I need another addiction, so suggestions are most welcome, although I feel I may still have a Sex and The City-sized hole inside me for quite a while. <br /><br />Call me sad, but SATC has gotten me through a LOT of 'fml' moments in the last year, and although I never thought I would get so hooked on a TV programme as I have with this one, I have never been able to relate to something as much as I have with the ups and downs of Carrie, Charlotte, Miranda and Samantha. <br /><br />Would a mourning period be a step too far?Beehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09362672192091041802noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1714628941252928764.post-45582581140820331752010-06-26T19:30:00.003+01:002010-06-26T19:46:17.302+01:00Just a ThoughtHello!<br /><br />So light-years have gone by since my last post. I'm not gonna lie, I am a truely awful blogger. <br /><br />However, this post has been inspired by a recent visit to the <a href="http://www.londongradfair.co.uk/summer/Home.aspx">Guardian London Graduate Fair</a>, where I attended a talk held by <a href="http://www.guardian.co.uk/profile/paullewis">Paul Lewis</a>, a reporter for the Guardian. The talk was fantastic, I learnt more in that 60 minutes than I have learnt all year at uni! (I wish I was kidding..)<br /><br />The panel also included <a href="http://www.isabelleoc.co.uk/">Isabelle O'Carroll </a>who works as Content Editor of New Look's website. Hearing Isabelle speak was a personal highlight as her job is fascinating to me and something I could only dream of doing. <br /><br />Additionally, Paul Addison from Bloomberg and Tom Gockelen-Kozlowski, a freelance journalist and young graduate, were also there to give an insight into the world of journalism. <br /><br />The talk was really interesting (have I said that already....!?) and Sophie and I left feeling optimistic about our prospects once we graduate. <br /><br />We finished our day in London with an epic walk around Oxford Street, both miserable for seeing such beautiful things and yet with no money to buy them. sob. <br /><br />Although no trip to the capital would be complete without a visit to Mecca (AKA Topshop, Oxford Circus) if only to tease. <br /><br />Came home and went to Wagamama to celebrate my second year results with le mother. (So it seems i did pretty well..though i'm convinced it's a mistake...) <br /><br />:)Beehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09362672192091041802noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1714628941252928764.post-83889395111869097342009-12-24T12:32:00.005+00:002009-12-24T12:44:56.575+00:00(Nearly) Christmas in Canterbury!Some photos of mine and Sophie's trip to Canterbury last week...(courtesy of Soph)<br /><br /><br /><a href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_NJaI_XXJHzk/SzNf8eAONiI/AAAAAAAAAHo/AyK61Z0fZl0/s1600-h/canters.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 240px;" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_NJaI_XXJHzk/SzNf8eAONiI/AAAAAAAAAHo/AyK61Z0fZl0/s320/canters.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5418780269107623458" /></a><br /><a href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_NJaI_XXJHzk/SzNgLhYsAMI/AAAAAAAAAHw/83Eljl3WQ_Y/s1600-h/mecat.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 240px; height: 320px;" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_NJaI_XXJHzk/SzNgLhYsAMI/AAAAAAAAAHw/83Eljl3WQ_Y/s320/mecat.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5418780527713583298" /></a><br /><a href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_NJaI_XXJHzk/SzNgLgnNyMI/AAAAAAAAAH4/EnvxZoCt8VM/s1600-h/mecup.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 240px; height: 320px;" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_NJaI_XXJHzk/SzNgLgnNyMI/AAAAAAAAAH4/EnvxZoCt8VM/s320/mecup.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5418780527506081986" /></a><br /><a href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_NJaI_XXJHzk/SzNgLzjCS0I/AAAAAAAAAIA/uC7wsT4mKFg/s1600-h/mesopshop.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 240px;" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_NJaI_XXJHzk/SzNgLzjCS0I/AAAAAAAAAIA/uC7wsT4mKFg/s320/mesopshop.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5418780532588825410" /></a><br /><a href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_NJaI_XXJHzk/SzNhIweaDDI/AAAAAAAAAII/WOeXuIqeExg/s1600-h/canters2.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 240px;" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_NJaI_XXJHzk/SzNhIweaDDI/AAAAAAAAAII/WOeXuIqeExg/s320/canters2.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5418781579736124466" /></a><br /><a href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_NJaI_XXJHzk/SzNhJKj3BcI/AAAAAAAAAIQ/SsvNlVR1k3E/s1600-h/sunset.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 240px;" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_NJaI_XXJHzk/SzNhJKj3BcI/AAAAAAAAAIQ/SsvNlVR1k3E/s320/sunset.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5418781586738316738" /></a><br /><br />I'm spending Xmas in Cheltenham but am having lunch with my sister today first :) bought some yummy food yesterday which I can't wait to eat tomorrow :D <br /><br />Disappointed at the rubbish TV though! <br /><br />MERRY CHRISTMAS EVERYONE XXXXXXBeehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09362672192091041802noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1714628941252928764.post-73797195572456158002009-12-18T10:59:00.003+00:002009-12-18T11:08:51.886+00:00Where are you snow???Everywhere seems to have snow except for Oxford! <br /><br />Still crossing my fingers for a white Christmas though...<br /><br /><a href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_NJaI_XXJHzk/SytifsGeXgI/AAAAAAAAAHA/6JzFMl8ibHs/s1600-h/burrard-lucas_snow-westmins.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 214px;" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_NJaI_XXJHzk/SytifsGeXgI/AAAAAAAAAHA/6JzFMl8ibHs/s320/burrard-lucas_snow-westmins.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5416531273396936194" /></a><br /><br /><a href="http://blog.burrard-lucas.com/2009/02/snow-in-london/"/> Burrard Lucas </a>Beehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09362672192091041802noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1714628941252928764.post-58325363491074834212009-11-06T20:08:00.004+00:002009-11-06T20:31:46.587+00:00Busy busy busy!Dear Blog, <br /><br />I am truely sorry to have neglected you for the past two months. Please forgive me and don't take it personally, I have just been crazily busy. <br /><br />I promise to write more often, I have missed you lots.<br /><br />Beki<br /><br /><strong>It's been a crazy 2 months here in Southampton and I regret to say I have had so many things to do that I have indeed neglected this blog. SORRY GUYS :(</strong><br /><br />But i'm back now and I promise to write more often, in fact i've really missed rambling along in my little blog and can't believe it's been two months already. I haven't caught up with any of the blogs I follow in ages and this makes me sad! But my life is kind of crazy at the moment...I have some HUGE major deadlines coming up and have two in the last two weeks which is not good! <br /><br />Apart from work I haven't been up to much, apart from gym-going and the occasional run with Sophie, which has been fun, if slightly painful. I'm going to my first Salsa class on Monday which should be hilarious as I have no co-ordination and cannot dance for love nor money but it's free so why not?! <br /><br />I went to the LG Snowboard FIS World Cup last weekend in Battersea which was AMAZING. These guys just blow me away, they were so awesome. Sadly, the two brits Ben Kilner and Jamie Nicholls didn't make it to the final, despite an amazing 1st and 2nd round! But I had a great time and saw a few famous faces, including Rick James from T4! haha! I tried to catch his eye but he just walked on by...he is literally a GIANT though - like 7 ft tall! haha!<br /><br /><a href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_NJaI_XXJHzk/SvSGr2oiZwI/AAAAAAAAAGw/NUrnqB6YJk0/s1600-h/jamienicholls.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 240px; height: 320px;" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_NJaI_XXJHzk/SvSGr2oiZwI/AAAAAAAAAGw/NUrnqB6YJk0/s320/jamienicholls.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5401089941082105602" /></a><br /><br />Sorry for the crappy quality, I think this is Jamie Nicholls but it might be Ben so I apologise in advance...it's very hard to tell from that shot. I was closer than it seems it's just my rubbish camera...anyway you'll have to take my word for it but it was amazing! These guys deserve more credit than they get. <br /><br />My only concern was the serious lack of GIRLS! Where are you ladies? Snowboarding isn't just for guys!<br /><br />xBeehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09362672192091041802noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1714628941252928764.post-7241427123804448972009-09-09T15:43:00.004+01:002009-09-09T16:04:46.288+01:00Crap!<a href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_NJaI_XXJHzk/SqfEAse69cI/AAAAAAAAAGo/4T5ReBexxaA/s1600-h/14-Lovely-Hearts-for-St-Valentines-day-sandwich.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 240px;" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_NJaI_XXJHzk/SqfEAse69cI/AAAAAAAAAGo/4T5ReBexxaA/s320/14-Lovely-Hearts-for-St-Valentines-day-sandwich.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5379483796137244098" /></a><br /><br /><br /><a href="http://villageofjoy.com/14-lovely-hearts-for-st-valentines-day-pictures"/> Photo </a><br /><br /><br />I AM SO CRAP!<br /><br />I haven't blogged in like 3 weeks, it's awful really but I am lacking in blogging inspiration and since my camera is temporarily dead i also have no pictures for y'all. <br /><br />Blogging will resume asap ! <br /><br /><br />P.S I am totally craving this right now but can't find it anywhere in the UK - gutted.<br /><br /><a href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_NJaI_XXJHzk/SqfCvmJCM_I/AAAAAAAAAGg/xn5Q5JrC0Og/s1600-h/ohc-review_naturally_nutty.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 240px;" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_NJaI_XXJHzk/SqfCvmJCM_I/AAAAAAAAAGg/xn5Q5JrC0Og/s320/ohc-review_naturally_nutty.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5379482402865427442" /></a><br /><br /><a href="http://offhercork.com/2009/06/review-naturally-nutty-nut-butters"/> Photo</a><br /><br />xxxBeehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09362672192091041802noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1714628941252928764.post-1412123849511339412009-08-17T12:22:00.005+01:002009-08-17T12:31:56.053+01:00hair envy<a href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_NJaI_XXJHzk/Sok9tnzypqI/AAAAAAAAAGQ/zOK10tdx9Ck/s1600-h/blakegossipgirl.net.jpg"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5370891884605646498" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 206px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 320px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_NJaI_XXJHzk/Sok9tnzypqI/AAAAAAAAAGQ/zOK10tdx9Ck/s320/blakegossipgirl.net.jpg" border="0" /></a><br /><a href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_NJaI_XXJHzk/Sok9jB2ro4I/AAAAAAAAAGI/qd3IXJjkB_8/s1600-h/blakehair.jpg"></a><br /><div><br />I was on <a href="http://www.gossipgirlnet.com/"> Gossipgirlnet.com </a> today and saw this photos from the set which are a few weeks old, but i had to post them! I think Blake looks great in this outfit, even if it is a little daring for the rainy Manhattan weather they were having at the time! What I really like about this though is the hair, which you can see better in this picture (below)<br /><br /></div><a href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_NJaI_XXJHzk/Sok-ObcvFvI/AAAAAAAAAGY/HVMy_1CC6z0/s1600-h/blakehair.jpg"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5370892448223401714" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 320px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 229px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_NJaI_XXJHzk/Sok-ObcvFvI/AAAAAAAAAGY/HVMy_1CC6z0/s320/blakehair.jpg" border="0" /></a> Here Blake is kissing on-screen boyfriend Sebastian Stan, but while he is rather nice to look at, what i'm really in love with here is the hair! It has that perfect summer-beachy-look that I could NEVER achieve with my barnet!<br /><br /><br /><div><br /> </div><div><a href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_NJaI_XXJHzk/Sok9i0KBWxI/AAAAAAAAAGA/89Xa_gBRD28/s1600-h/blakegossipgirl.net.jpg"></a><br /><br /><br /><br /><div></div></div>Beehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09362672192091041802noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1714628941252928764.post-77529620658932727432009-08-11T17:45:00.002+01:002009-08-11T17:56:56.819+01:00"Hello ladies and gentlemen, this is a robbery"<a href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_NJaI_XXJHzk/SoGgThU1MUI/AAAAAAAAAF4/CIEScutrEGk/s1600-h/wikimedia.org.jpg"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5368748488026042690" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 254px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 320px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_NJaI_XXJHzk/SoGgThU1MUI/AAAAAAAAAF4/CIEScutrEGk/s320/wikimedia.org.jpg" border="0" /></a><br /><div>So last night my mother and I watched Thelma &amp; Louise for the first time. I know - talk about late in the day but it's a film i've always wanted to see but never got round to. My dad used to own a copy and it was one of his favourite movies but i don't know what happened to his copy, so i rented this out from the library and we watched it last night ! What can I say? AMAZING. </div><div>If you've already seen it then this is gonna sound like old news but I didn't expect it to be so good, I mean, I vaguely knew the plot and anything with Susan Sarandon in it is bound to be brilliant but I didn't think it would be so funny, nor so captivating. I thought it would be much darker, more like a thriller, but actually it's much more of a chick flick, surprisingly feel-good and really uplifting, despite the sadness in some parts. </div><div> </div><div>But I really enjoyed it :) totally re-inforced by eagerness to do a road trip around America - especially the West. I was name-checking all the places they drove through - such amazing scenery, you couldn't have shot this movie anywhere else !</div><div> </div><div>So anyway, aside from watching Thelma &amp; Louise, i've mostly been sleeping in, getting through series 1 of Sex and the City (the best series inmy opinion) and going to the gym when I can. </div><div> </div><div>It's a lovely day today but a little too hot, and I woke up in a sweat which wasn't very nice, with the bedcovers wrapped around me and with creases on my face which lasted until the afternoon!</div><div>Off to Pilates with mother tonight (i've never normally this active in one day I assure you !) and i'm in the midst of entering this writing competition for a well known magazine so will be working on that this evening and tomorrow I expect. I haven't written in so long so I have little confidence in my writing ability but it can't hurt to try right? Oh and am making my way through The Lord of the Rings troliogy and absolutely loving getting lost in that right so. Still can't get over how much they've missed out of the films ! </div><div> </div><div>Au Revior, </div><div> </div><div>x</div><div> </div><div>(p.s 8 days until I finish work ! )</div>Beehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09362672192091041802noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1714628941252928764.post-32917565967324810112009-08-05T21:35:00.007+01:002009-08-05T22:07:19.957+01:00how time does fly !<div align="center">I am the world's crappiest blogger. It's offical. I have no excuse but to say that I have just been majorly busy with work and have been too exhausted to even think about constructing a blog worth reading. I have a day off today and tomorrow so decided it was time to blow the cobwebs away and actually start writing again! I have finally found my camera lead (another one of the reasons i have not blogged) so will be gradually uploading some of the lovely photos from my summer so far! </div><div align="center"> </div><a href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_NJaI_XXJHzk/Snnx6Vi6gDI/AAAAAAAAAFo/0r7yqZr9Q2Q/s1600-h/beachhut.jpg"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5366586415506948146" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 320px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 240px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_NJaI_XXJHzk/Snnx6Vi6gDI/AAAAAAAAAFo/0r7yqZr9Q2Q/s320/beachhut.jpg" border="0" /> <p align="center"></a>Beach huts at Bournemouth !<br /></p><a href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_NJaI_XXJHzk/Snnxssv2abI/AAAAAAAAAFg/14qwuVLOetE/s1600-h/mebourne.jpg"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5366586181217053106" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 240px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 320px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_NJaI_XXJHzk/Snnxssv2abI/AAAAAAAAAFg/14qwuVLOetE/s320/mebourne.jpg" border="0" /> <p align="center"></a>Me looking like an old lady<br /></p><a href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_NJaI_XXJHzk/SnnxsYnBGvI/AAAAAAAAAFY/6uuFqFGa8Bg/s1600-h/mum1.jpg"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5366586175811295986" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 240px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 320px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_NJaI_XXJHzk/SnnxsYnBGvI/AAAAAAAAAFY/6uuFqFGa8Bg/s320/mum1.jpg" border="0" /> <p align="center"></a>My mother is so photogenic, i hate her for it. And so tanned as well!<br /></p><a href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_NJaI_XXJHzk/SnnxsP6ZQfI/AAAAAAAAAFQ/ZhtPC0uCJEQ/s1600-h/bourne3.jpg"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5366586173476651506" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 320px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 240px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_NJaI_XXJHzk/SnnxsP6ZQfI/AAAAAAAAAFQ/ZhtPC0uCJEQ/s320/bourne3.jpg" border="0" /> <p align="center"></a>Le beach<br /></p><a href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_NJaI_XXJHzk/Snnxr4xIKmI/AAAAAAAAAFI/CSCm5o1SrdU/s1600-h/bourne2.jpg"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5366586167263767138" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 320px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 240px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_NJaI_XXJHzk/Snnxr4xIKmI/AAAAAAAAAFI/CSCm5o1SrdU/s320/bourne2.jpg" border="0" /> <p align="center"></a>The view from the pier<br /></p><a href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_NJaI_XXJHzk/SnnxrkVaN0I/AAAAAAAAAFA/eg5f3H8YITw/s1600-h/bourne1.jpg"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5366586161778800450" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 320px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 240px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_NJaI_XXJHzk/SnnxrkVaN0I/AAAAAAAAAFA/eg5f3H8YITw/s320/bourne1.jpg" border="0" /> <p align="center"></a>People<br /></p><a href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_NJaI_XXJHzk/Snnw9VNToNI/AAAAAAAAAE4/KAMIBILaEZE/s1600-h/monkeys.jpg"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5366585367444299986" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 320px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 240px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_NJaI_XXJHzk/Snnw9VNToNI/AAAAAAAAAE4/KAMIBILaEZE/s320/monkeys.jpg" border="0" /> <p align="center"></a>Monkeys !<br /></p><a href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_NJaI_XXJHzk/Snnw9O2KE1I/AAAAAAAAAEw/dhFekTvJqj0/s1600-h/monkey1.jpg"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5366585365736592210" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 240px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 320px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_NJaI_XXJHzk/Snnw9O2KE1I/AAAAAAAAAEw/dhFekTvJqj0/s320/monkey1.jpg" border="0" /> <p align="center"></a> The monkey that jumped onto my shoulder seconds after this was taken !<br /></p><a href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_NJaI_XXJHzk/Snnw8d5VI8I/AAAAAAAAAEo/zobomr7DE5w/s1600-h/chimps.jpg"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5366585352596562882" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 320px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 240px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_NJaI_XXJHzk/Snnw8d5VI8I/AAAAAAAAAEo/zobomr7DE5w/s320/chimps.jpg" border="0" /> <p align="center"></a> I like monkeys.<br /></p><a href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_NJaI_XXJHzk/Snnw7Y1HtiI/AAAAAAAAAEg/idq109jd9l4/s1600-h/birdys.jpg"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5366585334056859170" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 240px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 320px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_NJaI_XXJHzk/Snnw7Y1HtiI/AAAAAAAAAEg/idq109jd9l4/s320/birdys.jpg" border="0" /> <p align="center"></a>The cutest couple ever.<br /></p><a href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_NJaI_XXJHzk/Snnw7EOoQpI/AAAAAAAAAEY/gJEMlKlQZlk/s1600-h/ardvark.jpg"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5366585328526705298" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 320px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 240px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_NJaI_XXJHzk/Snnw7EOoQpI/AAAAAAAAAEY/gJEMlKlQZlk/s320/ardvark.jpg" border="0" /> <p align="center"></a>Ardvark :D<br /></p><a href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_NJaI_XXJHzk/SnnwhEgcxFI/AAAAAAAAAEQ/e68jTzKo4eA/s1600-h/meercat.jpg"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5366584881924850770" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 320px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 240px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_NJaI_XXJHzk/SnnwhEgcxFI/AAAAAAAAAEQ/e68jTzKo4eA/s320/meercat.jpg" border="0" /> <p align="center"></a> "Simples" hahaha</p><p align="center"> </p><p align="left">There are loads more pictures but those are two of the best days out i've had since summer began. Tbh my summer's been pretty crap since i started work, all i seem to do if work, eat and sleep, and am being really unsociable.</p><p align="left">I finish work at the end of this month and the weekend after I'm going to stay with my mum and her boyfriend, which I haven't done for ages, and we're going to go to the seaside and have roast dinner :) i can't wait. Hopefully going to Wales for a week as well, and then moving into my student house! Have been buying loads of little bits for it already and spent a fortune in Ikea (!) but it's all worth it to make my room all lovely and cosy :) it'll be a world away from horrible student halls !</p><p align="left">Pictures of recent buys to come soon - spent loads in MAC today which is not great for my bank balance, and as for the saving i'm supposed to be doing...</p><p align="left">x<br /></p>Beehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09362672192091041802noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1714628941252928764.post-64281682221296633752009-07-03T16:25:00.003+01:002009-07-03T16:39:03.265+01:00King of the swingersI had such a good day today! <br /><br />Went to this wildlife park about 30 mins away with Liv (one of my good friends) and saw so many animals, it was wicked! Haven't been there since i was about 10, and i used to go all the time, so it was so nice to go back again. <br /><br />I will post pictures asap but i can't find my camera lead! The best part was going into the monkey enclosure where they roam around and walk by you and stuff. This one Lemar monkey was fascinated with me and my bag and they never normally go that near the humans but this one jumped onto my bag and wouldn't let go! It was so funny, the woman who worked there didn't know what to do as one had never jumped onto a human before! haha it was trying to get into my bag but it wasn't being vicious or anything, it was so funny.<br /><br />The Meercats were hilarious as well ("simples") hahaha and i saw the biggest tarantula of my life, it was massive and so hairy. <br /><br />As i said, will post pics when i find my camera lead!<br /><br />I had such an embarssing day yesterday - I fell off my bike in front of like 5 cars, in the middle of the road, flat on my face! I had tried to signal and accidentally turned around too much and overbalanced and fell! So embarssing, I have a huge lump on my knee now!<br /><br />ANYWAY...<br /><br />Apart from that i've been working mostly, and seeing Liv a bit, which is nice :) So bad with the blogging but will try and do it a bit more, i just seem to be working so much atm and going straight to sleep when i get home!<br /><br />xBeehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09362672192091041802noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1714628941252928764.post-13386594498757938142009-06-24T20:40:00.005+01:002009-06-24T21:13:53.712+01:00I'm the new slick rickHello!<br /><br />So fashion related posts from yours truely have been a little thin on the ground recently as I have been so busy with work and just so exhausted that I really haven't got round to blogging. I've been thinking about the blog and I think i'm gonna change the name as I rarely post anything fashion related, and i'm not dedicated enough to post pictures of myself in outfits as on a normal working day i'm just in jeans and a tshirt as I need to be comfy for my job! So really by calling the blog 'The Ramblings of a Trainee Fashion Journalist' is kind of giving off the assumption that the blog is all about fashion, or at least fashion journalism, which it really isn't! It seems to be mainly just me rambling (as i am now) about my pretty boring life! <br /><br />I think the issue is that although I love fashion and have been studying it for the past two years (prior to fash journalism i studied design) i find it really hard to stay on top of everything that is going on in the industry, and would never be able to keep up to date as, say, someone like <a href="http://www.stylebubble.co.uk/about.html"> Susie Bubble,</a> who has the most fantastic fashion knowledge and the dedication to her readers. <br /><br />I love the IDEA of fashion, I love clothes and I love the image one can create by using them. I think that my disinterest in keeping up with trends and designers is really going be a problem in my chosen career, as I would much rather look at how people on the street dress than see how designers dress their models, in clothes I couldn't possibly afford. I don't know if that sounds totally ignorant, but I find it hard to be a dedicated follower of any one designer when I couldn't even begin to afford their pieces (expecially not on £6 an hour anyway!) Don't get me wrong, I am a huge fan of Luella Bartley and would happily sell all my wardrobe for her S/S 08 collection (still my favourite) and all her collections since then, but I find it <br />hard to keep track of everything else that is happening in the fashion bubble, and even if i did, I think it would feel like a chore if anything!<br /><br />I think maybe exposing oneself to fashion is the best way to become more involved and excited by it, how it evolves and what the seasons bring. I think the problem is that since leaving London I have had little involvment with the industry, and went straight from being at LCF, working with fashion obsessives and learning from stylists, designers and photographers, and really emersing myself in that creative bubble, to living in Southampton, toning my style of dressing down a bit to be more student-y and finding myself lacking in the time or the energy to keep up to date with the lastest news and goings-on in the industry. <br /><br />This is not an excuse - I know that the power of the internet means that you can live in the Amazon and feel as though you are in any given fashion capital, but when you take yourself out of that sphere and meet other people, and concentrate on other things, (until this term I was studying Journalism, not Fashion Journalism, and it couldn't have been more dull, or exausting) I think it makes the whole thing more difficult.<br /><br />Saying all of this, I don't believe that you need to know everything about each designer, or every trend on the catwalk, to call yourself a 'fashion follower', as, at the end of the day, fashion is constantly evolving and changing, and while trends come and go and designers weave in and out of the public eye, the idea of fashion and the wealth of inspiration it can create will never change, and this makes me feel a little bit better about slacking off!Beehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09362672192091041802noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1714628941252928764.post-57008573753217775992009-06-17T15:28:00.003+01:002009-06-17T15:53:59.619+01:00Juicer extraordinaire turned designerSooo apologies for the lack of posting recently but I had a lovely weekend at my sisters with all the family over, a big BBQ and some lovely long walks in the woods :) It was great but back to reality!<br /><br />Just saw on <a href="http://www.guardian.co.uk"> the Guardian website </a>that Philippe Starck, best known for the 80s phenomonon <a href="http://common.csnstores.com/common/products/AAS/AAS1030_a.jpg"> Juicy Salif Alessi juicer</a>, has collaborated with Scottish label <a href="http://www.ballantyne.it/"> Ballantyne </a>to create his first ever collection, which was shown in Florence 2 nights ago. <br /><br />According to <a href="http://www.guardian.co.uk/profile/lizzydavies"> Lizzy Davies</a> of the Guardian, Starck doesn't want you to look at his clothing as 'Fashion', but as something beyond it. <br /><em><em><br />"The public will take maybe three years to ­understand the concept. It's not ­ fashion. We won't be very big in the newspapers. The clothes are non-­photogenic. But intelligent people will know to discover us."</em></em><br /><br />Starck aims to show how sustainable, contemporary clothing can be wearable, but says that he is not "idiotic enough to do fashion". <br /><br />Somehow I feel that this isn't enough to convince the fashion elite that this is anything different from, say, Hussein chalayan , or Martin Margiela, who produce revolutionary designs which could be classed as pieces of art more than fashion garments. <br /><br />I can't find any pics of the collection yet, other than the small one on the Guardian website. You can read the article <a href="http://www.guardian.co.uk/lifeandstyle/2009/jun/16/philippe-starck-sustainable-fashion"> here. </a>Beehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09362672192091041802noreply@blogger.com0